Animated documentary about a refugee boy who lives in hiding, constantly afraid of being exposed.
Direction
Three directors, one devastating vision.
Director
Mats Johansson
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of a wave of 2000s animated documentaries (Waltz with Bashir, Persepolis) that proved animation could carry journalistic weight.
The directors spent years gaining trust from refugee communities in Sweden — the anonymity protects real people still in legal limbo.